Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-09-03
LAB0R'S HOLIDAY.
NEW HAVEN'S LABOR ORGAN
lZATIONS ALL READY.
The Trades Council and the Trades
Unions with Their Friends
Big Picnic at Railroad
Grove -kirschner and
King to Speak.

Five years ago the New York Central
Labor Union, comprising the most influ-
entail and progressive trades unions and
labor organizations of the metropolis,
began the celebration of Labor's Holiday
ny procession in the morning and a
picnic in the afternoon and evening.
Since then the First Monday in Septem-
Der has been recognized as LabOr's Holt
day, and the legislatures of several States
have made it legal holiday.
New liaven's organized workmen will
for the first time introduce the custom
IN this city, though the Typographical
and Ci8armakers' unions must be accord
ed the honor of having first celebrated
the day, which they did last year. Now
the Trades Council with its affiliated
unions has taken steps for general turn.
out, and 1t Is expected that next Monday
VIII witness the largest labor demonstra.
ton this city has ever seen.
The Trades Council has issued an
official program called the Labor Dan
record, which gives the order of process
son; these programs will be distributed
on the line of march, and have been dis
trlbnted in the meetings of the unions.
The procession will form on the Green
shortly after nine o'clock and will be un
der the direction Of Chief Marshal Otto
Schlebel and Assistant Thomas J. Flood,
with their aides. The parade will march
at 9:45 and follow the route advertised
IN another column. There will be
large number of bands to enliven the
march, which is expected to take about
an hour. Banners and transparences
will be distributed tn ough the line, and
the various organizations will wear dis
tlnctiVe badges. The badge worn by
the delegates to the Trades Council will
be OF white ribbon with blue lettering;
that OF the Cigarmakers' Unions will dis
play the Union Label; that of the Typo
graphical Union will be pale blue with
the seal of the Union and lettering in red.
The Bakers will wear white shirts, red
bells, dark pants, and white hats; the
brewers VIII wear their blue jumpers.
Then there will be the Horse Shoers',
BARRIERS, Tailors', lronmolders' and other
unions and organizations, besides num-
wv W WI hiiiHIIltii VINO are Ilot dLLacHtu
To organizations as yet, but will be.
The Tallors Union will wear dark
bi,le SILK badge and the Iron molders
white badge,
AT Savln Rock, where the picnic will
be held in the afternoon and evening,
there will be athletic games and dancing,
as the program shows.
Mr.. John kirschner, of Philadelphia,
ole OF the Vice Presidents of the Cigar
makers international Union, will speak
AZ the Grove, as will our old friend, Ed
ward King, of New York.
With fair weather and n general par
ticipation in the festivities, Labor Day
will be both enjoyable and profitable to
ire working people of this city and vi
entity. Let us all take advantage of this
day, and have at least one holiday of our
own choice, which will prepare the way
for others. Certainly the workers should
dictate when to work and when to play,
and with union and fidelity to each
other, they can and will.